How To Properly Load Test A Car Battery. The first thing to do is make sure you can access the two terminals on the top of the battery. The battery in a car or truck needs to produce high amperes to power the starter motor and turn the vehicles engine.
Set the dial to 20 which will allow you to accurately measure between 0-20 Volts. I also explain how a battery load teste. To pass a load test the battery must maintain 96 volts at 15 seconds when tested at one-half the CCA rating and 70F or above.
Then wait for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Batteries are commonly located in the engine bay to one side of the engine and often have a plastic cover which will unclip lift off or. To determine if the battery is good or not charge up the battery and perform a load test. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 20 feed. Its the recommended method.
